Hong Kong

Diplomats call for end to illegal work orders for Hong Kong domestic helpers

Date: 20 August 2017
Source: South China Morning Post

The Indonesian and Filipino consulates in Hong Kong have urged the government to stop employers forcing domestic helpers to work on the mainland, after a 28-year-old Filipino domestic helper who fell from a building in Shenzhen after being sent there to work by her Hong Kong employers.

Dennis Kwok, a pro-democracy lawmaker in Hong Kong is stepping up his push to enact legislation against human-trafficking and forced labour in the city, vowing to introduce a bill to the legislature himself if the government refuses to act.

Global

Middle school coach among 11 men arrested in human trafficking sting

Date: 17 August 2017
Source: USA Today

A Sullivan North Middle School coach, a youth leader and others are facing felony charges after the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Kingsport Police Department announced results from a Human Trafficking investigation.

Modern slavery risks to supply chains rise across Europe as migrants exploited

Date: 9 August 2017
Source: Forbes

As hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees have entered the EU by sea in recent years, the risk of modern slavery occurring in EU countries has increased. This has increased the risk to companies across Europe of human trafficking in their supply chains.